The Liverpool manager revealed he was too emotional to say sorry at the time, when West Brom took a point at Anfield, after admitting things were said in the dug out that wouldn't “be said in real life”.

Asked about refusing to shake the experienced Premier League manager's hand at the time, the German coach conceded he got it wrong.

“Everything changed after the last game. I can easily say sorry for everything I said after the last game because I am emotional and Tony Pulis is similar,” he explained.

“It was not for me a bigger problem. I really forgot to shake hands, that's all. If we meet today it's no problem to say sorry and talk about what happened.

“It's a sad situation that such a successful relationship between the manager and Chelsea ends like this so of course I wish Jose especially all the best,” he said.

“I hope he can use the time a little bit for himself. As I know from my own experience after a few days, weeks whatever however long you need, it's good to have a little rest. I know he's worked these last years constantly and that's not easy at this high level.

“Sometimes people make these hard decisions, we don't know why. Results or something else we don't know. But I wish him well.

They go way back: Klopp and Mourinho in previous roles (Photo: Angel Martinez)

“The obvious problem everyone can see is that there were not enough results, but the rest I can not speculate. I had a similar situation at Dortmund, it's not that easy to be so far away from your expectations, life is not that easy when you have a situation like this.”

Klopp revealed that Mamadou Sakho is back in the squad and should replace the injured Dejan Lovren at Watford on Sunday.